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Serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf

Homo sapiens · seed P15056 · 766 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

1,041Entries 1,048Entities 412Constructs 10Organisms 883Ligand-bound
0.98 ÅBest res.
2.30 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

4XV1, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 4XV1
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Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

13837661011 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

412 distinct constructs across 1,041 entries. 988 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 27 carry a recognised expression tag and 2 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
61 306 0.98 6Q7D residues 595-900; E595G
32 286 1.80 7WF5 residues 248-533; S248G, K249H, P250M
21 454 1.65 5H0B residues 72-526; 1 internal deletion; I73A, R74M, E75G +6 more
18 301 2.00 2OIB residues 160-460
17 307 2.55 4E26 residues 424-726; 4-residue insertion after 428; R424M, E425D, K427G +3 more
15 308 1.90 6VGL residues 825-1132; M825H, R826H, I827H +12 more
14 285 1.99 3AC1 residues 225-509
14 1370 3.24 8X06 1 internal deletion
11 302 1.65 2VWX residues 598-899; Y774E
11 308 1.87 9R9K residues 153-460; P153G
11 309 1.75 4XMO residues 1048-1356; V1352H, N1353H, A1354H +2 more
11 1372 3.10 7SL7 matches the canonical sequence
10 283 2.47 7M0X residues 441-723; L441G, R443G
10 286 2.20 3G5D residues 248-533; S248G, K249H, P250M +1 more
10 299 1.75 7B3Q residues 1048-1346; Q1048G
10 309 1.54 9T0B residues 1038-1346; D1228V
10 316 1.30 8BXH residues 825-1132; 8-residue insertion after 835; R826H, I827H, G828H +8 more
10 361 1.35 4P5Q residues 574-947; 1 internal deletion; H574M, A576S, D577S +14 more
9 286 1.90 6HVE residues 248-533; S248G, K249H, P250M +2 more
9 306 1.40 3ZCL residues 1050-1355; T1050M, Y1349H, V1350H +4 more
9 307 1.80 8UCC residues 154-460
9 318 2.00 6DBK residues 861-1182; 1 internal deletion; T861M, I862A, L863H +22 more
8 304 1.73 9NA5 residues 157-460; S157G, L158A, E159M
8 305 1.89 8SCE residues 156-460; K156G, S157A, L158M +1 more
8 309 2.16 7Y4T residues 1038-1346

Showing the 25 most-used of 412.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

F548L 70% I714L 70% K522R 70% F667L 70% E545D 69% S634T 69% I666L 69% Y647W 69% E703M 69% R626K 68% V669I 68% S520V 68% K578A 68% A728G 68% T458K 68% D555G 68% E533P 68% K547E 67% K699E 67% E715D 67% A688E 67% V487P 67% R558A 67% R603E 67% N486K 66% H568A 65% I457L 65% S683P 65% N684D 65% T440F 65%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 773 74.3%
dimeric2 151 14.5%
tetrameric4 51 4.9%
trimeric3 26 2.5%
hexameric6 23 2.2%
pentameric5 10 1.0%
octameric8 4 0.4%
decameric10 2 0.2%

623 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 370 carry the depositor's word alone and 48 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 35 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1GAG, 1P4O, 1U5Q, 1U5R, 2GCD, 2OU7, 2OWB, 2RKU, 2ZM3, 3EFJ, 3EFK, 3EQP, 3EQR, 3ETA, 3F5P, 3II5, 3Q96, 3SXR, 3THB, 3U6H.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHPhosphatidylinositol 3-kinSH3 DomainsPhosphorylase Kinase; domaSH2 domainTransferase(PhosphotransfeSCOP2BUbiquitin-likeProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liSH3-domainProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liL domain-likeProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liSH2 domainProtein kinase-like (PK-liGrowth factor receptor dom1383766
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase Catalytic Subunit; Chain A, domain 1CATH 3.10.20.90 162–236 17
SH3 DomainsCATH 2.30.30.40 455–516 25
Phosphorylase Kinase; domain 1CATH 3.30.200.20 462–551 659
SH2 domainCATH 3.30.505.10 517–618 25
Transferase(Phosphotransferase) domain 1CATH 1.10.510.10 554–752 692
Ubiquitin-likeSCOP2B 8034476 160–236 20
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8034606 452–753 20
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8035244 453–724 109
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8036660 454–724 34
SH3-domainSCOP2B 8041589 456–516 23
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8036665 457–728 70
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8033424 457–733 26

What binds it

ANP ANP54 entries GNP GNP20 entries ADP ADP14 entries STU STU12 entries ATP ATP12 entries AGS AGS12 entries LCJ LCJ10 entries ACP ACP9 entries 1N1 1N18 entries A1AHE A1AHE8 entries RXT RXT7 entries VSE VSE5 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 104 1.31
MGion Magnesium Ion 103 1.20
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 71 1.45
CLion Chloride Ion 68 1.30
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 66 1.04
ANPcofactor Phosphoaminophosphonic Acid-Adenylate Ester 54 1.25
ZNion Zinc Ion 41 1.71
CAion Calcium Ion 30 1.90
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 21 1.40
GNPcofactor Phosphoaminophosphonic Acid-Guanylate Ester 20 1.40
ACTcryoprotectant Acetate Ion 17 1.80
ADPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Diphosphate 14 1.61
NAion Sodium Ion 13 1.40
STUligand Staurosporine 12 2.00
ATPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate 12 1.52
AGScofactor Phosphothiophosphoric Acid-Adenylate Ester 12 1.46
LCJligand 5-[(2-Fluoro-4-Iodophenyl)amino]-N-(2-Hydroxyethoxy)imidazo[1,5- 10 2.59
ACPcofactor Phosphomethylphosphonic Acid Adenylate Ester 9 1.75
BMEbuffer Beta-Mercaptoethanol 9 1.20
1N1ligand N-(2-Chloro-6-Methylphenyl)-2-({6-[4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1 8 1.16

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 883 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 901 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.0 (range 0.0 to 10.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Ammonium sulfate × Sodium chloride × Magnesium chloride × MPD × Isopropanol × Sodium malonate × Sodium citrate × Lithium sulfate × Ethanol × Tacsimate × PEG (unspecified) × Sodium formate × Calcium chloride ×

Buffers

HEPES × Tris × MES × Bis-Tris × Citrate × Sodium acetate × Sodium cacodylate × Imidazole × Bis-Tris propane × Glycine × Phosphate × CHES × Succinate × CAPS ×

Which entries to trust

1,041 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 284 clean, 491 worth a check and 266 with something to explain. Median clashscore 5.33, median RSRZ outliers 5.65%, median R-free minus R-work 0.041. 994 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens917 0.98 796 100%
Gallus gallus72 1.78 64 35%
Mus musculus31 1.54 9 37%
Danio rerio11 2.30 8 26%
Rattus norvegicus4 2.10 2 37%
synthetic construct2 2.05 2 35%
Schistosoma mansoni1 3.07 1 28%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae1 3.10 0 19%
Kluyveromyces marxianus1 3.18 0 17%
Drosophila melanogaster1 3.32 1 37%

Seed sequence

766 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MAALSGGGGG GAEPGQALFN GDMEPEAGAG AGAAASSAAD PAIPEEVWNI KQMIKLTQEH
61IEALLDKFGG EHNPPSIYLE AYEEYTSKLD ALQQREQQLL ESLGNGTDFS VSSSASMDTV
121TSSSSSSLSV LPSSLSVFQN PTDVARSNPK SPQKPIVRVF LPNKQRTVVP ARCGVTVRDS
181LKKALMMRGL IPECCAVYRI QDGEKKPIGW DTDISWLTGE ELHVEVLENV PLTTHNFVRK
241TFFTLAFCDF CRKLLFQGFR CQTCGYKFHQ RCSTEVPLMC VNYDQLDLLF VSKFFEHHPI
301PQEEASLAET ALTSGSSPSA PASDSIGPQI LTSPSPSKSI PIPQPFRPAD EDHRNQFGQR
361DRSSSAPNVH INTIEPVNID DLIRDQGFRG DGGSTTGLSA TPPASLPGSL TNVKALQKSP
421GPQRERKSSS SSEDRNRMKT LGRRDSSDDW EIPDGQITVG QRIGSGSFGT VYKGKWHGDV
481AVKMLNVTAP TPQQLQAFKN EVGVLRKTRH VNILLFMGYS TKPQLAIVTQ WCEGSSLYHH
541LHIIETKFEM IKLIDIARQT AQGMDYLHAK SIIHRDLKSN NIFLHEDLTV KIGDFGLATV
601KSRWSGSHQF EQLSGSILWM APEVIRMQDK NPYSFQSDVY AFGIVLYELM TGQLPYSNIN
661NRDQIIFMVG RGYLSPDLSK VRSNCPKAMK RLMAECLKKK RDERPLFPQI LASIELLARS
721LPKIHRSASE PSLNRAGFQT EDFSLYACAS PKTPIQAGGY GAFPVH

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2026 Molecular Basis of c‐MET Inhibition by Approved Small Molecule Drugs: A Structural Perspective. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00713
2026 Structural insights into multitargeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pkn kinases. Microbiol Spectr doi:10.1128/spectrum.00049-26
2026 Discovery of the Orally Bioavailable Isoform Selective Janus Kinase 1 (JAK1) Compound Povorcitinib (INCB054707) for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c03753
2026 Janus kinase 2 activation loop as a regulator of catalysis and trans-activation. Int.J.Biol.Macromol. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.153276
2026 Disrupted molecular glue complex drives RAS inhibitor resistance. Cell doi:10.1016/j.cell.2026.03.031
2026 Examination of Noncanonical Kinase Hinge Binders Leads to Thiadiazoles as Potent IRAK4 Inhibitors. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00602
2026 Structural basis for selective and potent degradation of IRAK4 by KT-474. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74105-w
2026 Fyn-Saracatinib Complex Structure Reveals an Active State-like Conformation. Int J Mol Sci doi:10.3390/ijms27031143
2026 De Novo Discovery of Nonstandard Thioisoindole-Bridged Bicyclic Peptides Targeting Traf2- and NCK-Interacting Kinase. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.2417165
2026 Mechanism of MEK1 phosphorylation by the N-terminal acidic motif-mediated asymmetric BRAF dimer. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2026.06.039
2026 Structural Transformation of a BRAF Inhibitor into a Selective PKR Inhibitor. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c03664
2026 Discovery of 2H-Pyrrolo[3,4‐ c ]pyridin-3-one Derivatives as Type-III c‐MET Inhibitors Enabled by Free-Energy Perturbation Calculations. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6c00158
2026 Mechanism of beta-arrestin 1 mediated Src activation via Src SH3 domain revealed by cryo-electron microscopy. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-69884-1
2026 High-resolution cryo-EM structures of small protein-ligand complexes near the theoretical size limit. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71934-7
2026 The MEK-RAF molecular glue IK-595 has potent antitumor activity across RAS/MAPK pathway-altered cancers. Nat Cancer doi:10.1038/s43018-025-01081-3
2026 Structural basis of insulin receptor antagonism by bivalent site 1-site 2 ligands S961 and Ins-AC-S2. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73851-1
2025 Discovery of Edecesertib (GS-5718): A Potent, Selective Inhibitor of IRAK4. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00463
2025 Generation of a potent & selective series of IRAK4 inhibitors based on a structure based, hybridization approach. Bioorg.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2025.118333
2025 Polo-like kinase 1-inhibitor co-complex structures via the surface-entropy reduction approach and a DARPin-assisted approach. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol doi:10.1107/S2059798325009325
2025 Characterization of Bozitinib as a potential therapeutic agent for MET-amplified gastric cancer. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-025-07490-5
2025 Harnessing free energy calculations for kinome-wide selectivity in drug discovery campaigns with a Wee1 case study. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62722-w
2025 Cryo-EM structures of CRAF/MEK1/14-3-3 complexes in autoinhibited and open-monomer states reveal features of RAF regulation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63227-2
2025 Characterization and inhibitor sensitivity of ARAF, BRAF, and CRAF kinases. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110800
2025 BRAF oncogenic mutants evade autoinhibition through a common mechanism. Science doi:10.1126/science.adp2742
2025 Structure of a Gcn2 dimer in complex with the large 60S ribosomal subunit. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA doi:10.1073/pnas.2415807122
2025 Discovery of KIN-8741, a Highly Selective Type IIb c-Met Kinase Inhibitor with Broad Mutation Coverage and Quality Drug-Like Properties for the Treatment of Cancer. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00834
2025 Tuning insulin receptor signaling using de novo-designed agonists. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2025.09.020
2025 Conformational landscape adaptations enable processive phosphorylation by Src family kinases. Science doi:10.1126/science.adw8310
2024 Functional and Structural Characterization of Clinical-Stage Janus Kinase 2 Inhibitors Identifies Determinants for Drug Selectivity. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00197
2024 Discovery of Pyrazolopyrazines as Selective, Potent, and Mutant-Active MET Inhibitors with Intracranial Efficacy. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01232
2024 Comparative analysis of KRAS4a and KRAS4b splice variants reveals distinctive structural and functional properties. Sci Adv doi:10.1126/sciadv.adj4137
2024 In Retrospect: Root-Cause Analysis of Structure-Activity Relationships in IRAK4 Inhibitor Zimlovisertib (PF-06650833). Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00036
2024 Back-Pocket Optimization of 2-Aminopyrimidine-Based Macrocycles Leads to Potent EPHA2/GAK Kinase Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00411
2024 The Discovery of 7-Isopropoxy-2-(1-methyl-2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexan-4-yl)- N -(6-methylpyrazolo[1,5- a ]pyrimidin-3-yl)imidazo[1,2- a ]pyrimidine-6-carboxamide (BIO-7488), a Potent, Selective, and CNS-Penetrant IRAK4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02226
2024 Cocrystallization of the Src-Family Kinase Hck with the ATP-Site Inhibitor A-419259 Stabilizes an Extended Activation Loop Conformation. Biochemistry doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00323
2024 Identification of the Clinical Candidate PF-07284890 ( ARRY-461 ), a Highly Potent and Brain Penetrant BRAF Inhibitor for the Treatment of Cancer. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00998
2024 A Tiny Pocket Packs a Punch: Leveraging Pyridones for the Discovery of CNS-Penetrant Aza-indazole IRAK4 Inhibitors. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00102
2024 Discovery of BIO-8169─A Highly Potent, Selective, and Brain-Penetrant IRAK4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Neuroinflammation. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00560
2024 The Pan-RAF-MEK Nondegrading Molecular Glue NST-628 Is a Potent and Brain-Penetrant Inhibitor of the RAS-MAPK Pathway with Activity across Diverse RAS- and RAF-Driven Cancers. Cancer Discov doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0139
2024 Discovery of KT-413, a Targeted Protein Degrader of IRAK4 and IMiD Substrates Targeting MYD88 Mutant Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01823